Hire in haste – repent in leasure! Have you some fixed ideas that are holding you back creating the ultimate team?

1. Which is the most important step in screening a candidates?
a. Checking their production history
b. Behavioural Profiling (Cultural match)
c. Motivations and personal values
d. Technical skills Assessment
e. Communication skills

2. What is the industry’s concensus in the cost of making a bad hire?
a. One years salary of the employee
b. $500,000
c. $15,000
d. The costs of hiring, training and lost opportunity in production if the right person had of been hired

3. Which is an example of behavioural event interviewing?
a.”Tell me about a time when you dealt with an angry or upset customer”
b.” What did you produce in your last role? How much, what time frame and who can verify?”
c. “Why should I hire you for this role?”
d. “What behaviours do you think are needed to be good in this role?”

4. I gather the most accurate industry salary data from:
a. looking at similar job adverts
b. Union surveys
c. Government Surveys
d. Interviews
e. Recruitment agencies
f. Paid salary surveys of my competitors

5. The average number of candidates that I will attract for a $80k salary role by advertising in SEEK in todays market is:
a. 8-10
b. 10-20
c. 0-8
d. 20-100

6. The average role takes how many manhours to fill? (search, select, reject and hire)
a. Less than 5
b. Between 5 and 10
c. Between 10 and 20
d. Over 30 hours

7. The average cost of recruiting a person (including manhours, advertisement, loss of time on core business, with or without a recruitment agent)
a. Less than $3,000
b. Between $3,000-$10,000
c. Between $10,000 and $15,000
d. More than $15,0000

8. The number one reason why employees are leaving their jobs at the moment is:
a. money
b. job security
c. they believe they cant produce what is needed consistently
d. Issues with their boss

9. What percentage of applicants are estimated to exadurate in their resume
a. around 4%
b. 50%
c. around 75%
d.over 90%

10. What percentage of candidates use a false referee?
a. around 4%
b. 50%
c. around 75%
d.over 90%

Answers:
1. a.
2. a. (although opinions often differ).
3. a.
4. f.
5. a (and 2 will be overseas, 6 will be not suitable, 0-2 may be able to do the role but will leave within 12 months).
6. d.
7. c.
8. c.
9. c.
10. a.

Key:
1-3 correct. Chances are you have a lot of unfilled roles, or a significant number of roles that have taken over 4 weeks to fill.
4-7 correct. You have some un-met potential – you need to research your options on how to solve the questions that you missed.
8-10 correct. Bravo! You’re the company’s dream hirer!